National Charities

After Breast Cancer is a Canadian-wide registered charity set up to provide resources that contribute to a woman’s Quality of Life (QOL) after breast cancer. We provide women with limited financial resources with mastectomy bras, mastectomy camisoles and breast prostheses at NO COST to them after breast removal surgery (mastectomy or lumpectomy).

For more than a century, the Ontario Lung Association worked tirelessly to be the recognized leader, voice and primary resource in lung health. Meanwhile, lung disease continued to place a profound burden on patients and their families, and placed a large – and growing – economic burden on every provincial healthcare system across Canada.

Given the staggering gaps we had uncovered in the prevention, diagnosis, and care of lung disease, it became clear that it was time to bring the staff and board of the association together to make some big, bold changes to our approach.

In 2020 and beyond, we are charting a new path forward. We are empowering all Canadians to improve their lung health.

We are the Lung Health Foundation. And lung health starts now!

The Canadian Red Cross’ mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.

Diabetes Canada is leading the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while working to find a cure.

As Canada’s longest standing cancer charity, we have been making a difference in the lives of Canadians since 1938. The Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.

We are working hard to:

• Save lives. Our researchers continue to discover new information that is transforming diagnosis and treatment.
• Stop cancer before it starts. Our researchers are finding ways to prevent cancer while we promote healthy lifestyles and advocate for policies that protect the public.
• Ensure no one facing cancer is alone by offering services and support to those living with cancer.
• Empower Canadians with information on cancer to help them make informed choices about their health.

Asthma Canada is the only national charity solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of the more than 3.8 million Canadians affected by asthma. For nearly 45 years, Asthma Canada has proudly served as the national voice for Canadians living with asthma.

Our vision is a future without asthma. We help Canadians with asthma lead healthy lives through education, advocacy and research.

GCC has been leading a community-based climate action movement for more than 25 years, working together with our members from across the country to advance transformative, equitable, and lasting change.

As a membership-based organization, our mission is to connect community-based climate action groups through a national network to share resources, co-design innovative programming, and elevate the collective impact of GCC members.

GCC’s programs focus on climate mitigation and adaptation: advancing energy efficiency and the transition to low carbon technology in Canadian homes; supporting active transportation and the electrification of buses; and, leading the implementation of community-based green infrastructure solutions.

Evergreen is a national environmental charity that engages and empowers Canadians to create and restore outdoor green spaces in schools, communities and homes.

Peace Brigades International is a global movement of activists seeking justice and peace, supporting and standing in solidarity with threatened human rights defenders across the world. Our aim is to protect and support these brave individuals and organisations; strengthen their physical, digital and political security; and enhance their wellbeing. We adapt our approach to both the changing global context and the various constraints human rights defenders and organisations that support them encounter.

Make-A-Wish® Canada creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We are on a quest to bring every eligible child’s wish to life, because a wish is an integral part of a child’s treatment journey. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, serving children in every community in Canada, and in more than 50 countries worldwide.

On October 1, 2019, Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada and Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada joined forces, with the goal of granting the wish of every eligible child across the country. United as Make-A-Wish Canada, our mission is to provide children with life-threatening illnesses the opportunity to realize their most heartfelt wish, giving them the strength to endure their treatments and build resilience.

The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is a registered charitable organization that works to alleviate poverty by building and strengthening financial and non-financial co-ops in Canada and around the world. CDF works with the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) and other organizations to implement development projects on its behalf.

The Shine Foundation changes the lives of children and youth living with severe physical disabilities, across Canada.

Our Shine program focuses on the unique needs and aspirations of each young person we serve. These personalized experiences are customized by the child or youth and brought to life by Shine’s dedicated program team. From meeting a hero, to adapted sports equipment, we encourage them to shine bright!

Shine experiences help children and youth living with severe physical disabilities imagine new possibilities, inspire them to reach their future goals, and develop a sense of purpose that can last a lifetime. In fact, after Shine, many are inspired to turn their experience into potential careers or advancing their education. We strive to help young people discover a world where possibilities shine brighter.

Since its inception in 1987, Shine has fulfilled more than 8,800 experiences for children and youth across Canada and coordinated 64 Shine DreamLifts.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada) is a charitable, grassroots organization that is committed to stopping impaired driving and supporting the victims of this violent crime.

Let’s Talk Science is an award-winning, national, non-profit, science outreach organization. Let’s Talk Science creates and delivers science learning programs and services that turn children and youth on to science, keep them engaged in learning, and develop their potential to become 21st century citizens and innovators. For more information about Let’s Talk Science, please visit www.letstalkscience.ca.

As Canada’s voice for animal welfare, Humane Canada drives positive, progressive change to end animal cruelty, improve animal protection and promote the humane treatment and respect of all animals in Canada.

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides adult volunteer mentors to some of Canada’s most at-risk children and youth. Through the careful screening, training, and placement of mentors with their “Little Brothers” or “Little Sisters”, a long-term relationship built on trust is established. Children develop vital communication and socialization skills, and their self-esteem and self-confidence increases dramatically! The children we serve are:

• 48% less likely to have behavior problems in school
• 43% less likely to have conduct problems in school
• 34% less likely to allow themselves to be victimized or bullied by peers
• Twice as likely to have high levels of school bonding and commitment
• Twice as likely to have high academic achievement
• Two and a half times more likely to participate in extra-curricular school activities

In 2013, a study performed by the Boston Consulting Group concluded that the Social Return on Investment is between $18 and $23 of clear economic benefit for every $1 invested in our traditional mentoring program!

For more information, visit bigbrothersbigsisters.ca